美国防新闻周刊∶台湾将宣布自制柴油潜舰，法制拉法叶舰亦在台升级

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美国防新闻周刊∶台将宣布自制潜舰

［驻美特派员曹郁芬／华府十三日报导］美国国防新闻周刊今天引用一位台湾前国防官员的话说，台湾今年八月可望正式对外宣布，要自制潜舰。

包括美国国防部前台湾科长石明凯还有台湾前海基会董事长陈长文，近来都公开鼓吹台湾应利用工业合作模式自制潜舰。

一位要求匿名的前美国官员向本报表示，布希政府当初同意售台八艘柴油潜舰时，就以在台制造为优先考量，因此当台湾军方要求美国重开柴油潜舰生产线时，会遭到美国海军的重重阻力。如果台湾决定潜舰国造，美国可以采用当年协助经国号战机生产的模式，技术上不会有问题。

国防新闻周刊的报导表示，布希总统2001年同意售台八艘潜舰，但在美国不愿生产柴油潜舰，同时台湾需要在不景气情况创造就业机会等考量下，台湾显然已决定要自制潜舰。不过美国的技术协助还是必要的。

前台湾国防官员告诉国防新闻周刊，如果巴基斯坦、南韩与日本都可以造潜舰，台湾当然也可以。一位前美国官员则表示，台湾造舰不是问题，而是能够做出多精密成熟的潜舰。台湾的中船公司2001年曾争取潜舰国造，但未得到国防部支持。

报导说，美国曾於2003年向台湾提供价值20亿美元的八艘义大利制苏诺级（Sauro-class）旧柴油潜舰，但台湾坚持要新船，拒绝这项建议。

报导也指出，台湾的拉法叶巡防舰将於2011至2012年开始升级，但由於弊案纠缠，这次升级将采用台湾自制的指管通情系统而不再使用法国系统。至於现有的RIM-72C海丛防空系统，则可能被雷神公司的RIM-116或天剑二型防空系统所取代。


Taiwan To Build Own Diesel Subs
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4035332
By wendell minnick
Published: 13 April 2009

Taipei - Taiwan appears to have given up on a 2001 U.S. offer of eight diesel submarines and instead will develop an indigenous vessel, although U.S. technical support may still be needed, a former Taiwan defense official said. An announcement is expected in August, sources here said.

Sources say the move is due to U.S. reluctance to build diesel submarines and the need to create jobs in Taiwan's economically depressed shipbuilding industry.

"If Pakistan, South Korea and Japan can build a submarine, then Taiwan can do it," said the former defense official.

The Ministry of National Defense (MND) also plans to upgrade its six French-built LaFayette-class (Kang Ding-class)frigates and procure two additional minesweeper patrol vessels from the United States.

Taiwan procured four U.S. Aggressive-class minehunters in 1994, and there are discussions about acquiring two U.S. Osprey-class coastal minehunters.

The U.S. submarine offer has faced political hurdles here and in Washington. The United States was expected to release a Foreign Military Sales notification for the first phase of the program in 2008, but the release was deferred to the next administration for unknown reasons. The first phase, or design stage, was expected to cost $360 million. The second phase, or build stage, was estimated at $10 billion.

Taiwan's earlier insistence on new submarines has been a focal point of controversy and complication. The United States has not built new diesel submarines since the Barbel-class in 1959, and Taiwan's insistence on new boats has only increased the challenge.

The United States offered Taiwan a cost-effective solution in 2003 when Italy offered to sell eight decommissioned Sauro-class diesel submarines for only $2 billion. Delivery would have begun in 2006 after the United States refurbished the vessels. However, Taiwan rejected the offer and continued to insist on new submarines.

Further complicating the issue, a special budget for submarines was held up in the legislature for six years due to political infighting between elements supporting independence from China and others supporting unification.

"Any move by the Ma administration to examine alternative acquisition routes for diesel submarines should be welcomed," a former Pentagon official said.

However, many ask whether the self-governing island can build a complex platform like a submarine.

"The question is not whether Taiwan can or cannot make submarines. Colombian drug runners can make submarines," the former Pentagon official said. "The question is, how sophisticated of a submarine could Taiwan industry produce" without U.S. assistance?

Taiwan's state-owned China Shipbuilding Corp. (CSBC) has successfully built naval vessels. CSBC built eight Perry-class (Cheng Kung-class) frigates under U.S. license in the 1990s and is constructing 29 Kuang Hua VI-class missile boats armed with Hsiung Feng 2 (Brave Wind) anti-ship missiles.

Kaohsiung-based CSBC pushed for an indigenous submarine program in 2001, but was unable to get MND support. The design for the Hidden Dragon Program, later known as the Indigenous Defense Submarine, was based on the Argentinean TR-1700 and the Norwegian Ula-class Type 210.

Taiwan operates four submarines: two Dutch-built submarines from the 1980s and two U.S. Guppy-class submarines built during World War II. The Guppies are the oldest operational submarines in the world.


Frigate Upgrade

Plans for upgrading the LaFayette frigates are expected to begin in 2011-12, a Taiwan source said.

However, the "French are out" of the upgrade program, the source said. The original 1991 French procurement was mired in scandal after a Taiwan naval officer was murdered and allegations arose that more than $500 million in bribes were paid to French, Taiwanese and mainland Chinese officials.

"The old French system is going to be replaced with a locally designed command-and-control system," a source said. The Hsiung Feng 2 will remain, but there is debate on what will replace the RIM-72C Sea Chaparral air defense system. Both the Raytheon RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile system and an indigenous naval version of the Tien Chien 2 (Sky Sword) air defense system are being discussed.

The military-run Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology produces a variety of missiles, combat systems and radar. The military can also turn to the state-run Aerospace Industrial Development Corp., which built the Indigenous Defense Fighter aircraft. CSBC has built both military and civilian vessels, and repairs and rebuilds civilian cargo ships and oil tankers.

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